Eotyrannus

Name

Eotyrannus (EE-oh-tih-RAN-us)

Means

Dawn tyrant

Period

Early Cretaceous

Where

Europe: United Kingdom

Size

Length: 15 feet
Weight: 300 -500 lbs

An early tyrannosaur, Eotyrannus was a small, slender theropod with proportionally long legs and toes. Those long legs may have meant that the dinosaur was a fast runner as it tracked down prey such as Hypsilophodon and Iguanodon. The three-fingered, grasping hands were also among the longest hands of any non-avian theropods known to date.

The only specimen, found on the Isle of Wight, was of a sub-adult. Therefore, Eotyrannus as an adult would have been larger.